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@Mastercard has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), a milestone that clears the way for the global payments giant to handle regulated digita
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@Mastercard has secured a BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), a milestone that clears the way for the global payments giant to handle regulated digita

Washington may be close to delivering a long-awaited regulatory framework for digital assets, but critics argue that market structure legislation alone will not move the needle on mainstream

The Bank for International Settlements (@BIS_org) has published the findings of Project Agora, confirming that tokenizing central bank reserves and commercial bank deposits can deliver atomic

Bermuda is pushing ahead with one of the most ambitious blockchain experiments ever attempted at a national level. The small island territory is working with Circle, Coinbase, and Stellar to

Crypto trading activity in South Korea has fallen sharply relative to the country's stock market, underscoring how quickly sentiment can shift in one of Asia's most active retail trading hubs

Internet Computer ($ICP) is stepping up its institutional outreach in Europe, with @Dfinity executive @PierreSamaties set to present the project's sovereign cloud capabilities to government a

Banca Sella has become the first Italian bank to clear the regulatory hurdle that opens the door to crypto services under European law. The Biella-based lender has completed the notification

@SoFi has taken a significant step in bringing stablecoins into mainstream retail banking, making $SoFiUSD available to its 14.7 million members directly within its digital banking interface.

Bridging Card Rails and On-Chain Liquidity @0xPolygon has introduced Auth/Capture primitives to its Open Money Stack, a move designed to close the gap between how traditional card payments wo

A Federally Regulated Stablecoin Built for Institutions @falconfinance and @Anchorage have officially launched $fUSD, a U.S. dollar stablecoin designed from the ground up to comply with the G

Wall Street's Settlement Giant Moves Onchain @The_DTCC and the @StellarOrg Development Foundation have officially announced a partnership to tokenize DTC-custodied assets directly on the Stel

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is reviewing a new proposal from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (@CFTC) that would set formal guidelines for event contracts, a